Moving on...

[katiefoolery]

I think I’m ready for this move.  Not that I have much choice, really, because it’s happening tomorrow whether I’m ready or not.  At the moment, I just wish I could be in one mind about the whole thing, instead of flitting through dozens.  One minute, I’m excited.  The next, I’m wary.  Soon after, I might be a little hungry and that will be swiftly followed by worry that we should have taken the other place, despite its pointless lack of wardrobes.

And then I usually run around for a while and then go and hide in a corner somewhere.

This is probably a pertinent time to list all the things I will miss about the old place:

1. Having a supermarket right across the road.
2. Likewise, Nando’s.
3. And an ice-cream shop, even though we only went there once.
4. Basically, living across the road from any number of shops will be sorely missed.
5. The electric oven.  I hate gas ovens with a passion - they’re out to get me, I’m sure of it.
6. The fact that the toilet here doesn’t share space with a second shower.  Still trying to work that one out.  "Hey, this space is a bit long for just a toilet...  I know!  Let’s put a shower in!"
7. The lemon tree.  I may have to attempt to grow my own in a large pot or something.

Things I will enjoy in the new place:

1. The pretteh native trees in the garden (seriously, the only native trees in this one are black wattles... and they sort of grew themselves during the course of our occupation).
2. The lovely oldness of the house.  Bull-nose verandahs and wrought iron lace FTW.
3. The quiet location.  What, no six-lane road just outside?  HOW WILL I COPE?
4. The enormous laundry, which means the dryer can be kept inside, instead of in the garage.  Because that was always so much fun.  "I need to fetch my lovely warm and dry clothes!"  Weather: *rains with a vengeance*
5. The silly door to the kitchen with a round window at face level, which the Bindi has already christened "the sailor door".

Of course, moving means we’ll somehow have to suffer through getting our internet re-connected.  This took a month last time, due to Netspace’s insistence on using faxes and their subsequent insistence on losing said faxes, thus forcing us to send through another one and start the waiting process all over again.  Hopefully that won’t happen this time around, but I have 3 mobile broadband just in case.  I haven’t quite gotten around to setting that up yet, but it’d better work or I shall cry.  It will be most pathetic.

So hopefully I’ll be seeing everyone again very soon.  And yes, I will accept any and all good wishes for the move.

(And I would show you a picture of me unlocking the front door for the first time whilst grinning like a loon, but it’s on Bindi’s camera and she doesn’t know where her usb cord is.)

Comments

[alankria.livejournal.com]

Good luck moving! Your new place looked great in the photos, I'm sure you'll settle in and be happy before too long. =)

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's looking a little like it might be raining tomorrow, so I hope that doesn't come to pass. I'm looking forward to the settling down, and the accompanying "throwing out of a lot of stuff" I'll be doing.

[qwaynt.livejournal.com]

One minute, I’m excited. The next, I’m wary. Soon after, I might be a little hungry and that will be swiftly followed by worry

Isn't stress such a wonderful thing? o.O And moving has got to be one of the most stressful. I think the loss of the highway will out weigh the loss of the stores across the street. There's just something nice about not waking in the middle of the night because of an accident.

May your move go smoothly and the problems that do arise be the type that can be laughed out once tensions calm down. And of course, may you get reconnected to the world in a timely manner so we can all know how well it went. :D Good Luck in your move.

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

That's very true about the quiet compensating for the convenience of the nearby shops. We do have a small strip of shops about a five minute walk away (although there's no supermarket, alas). And this quiet is... quiet.

*listens for a while*

It's so quiet you can actually hear the train... and the tracks are at least a kilometre away from here. I hadn't realised how accustomed I'd become to the six lanes of traffic until I moved here.

And it all went well, so thanks for your good wishes. :)

[wldhrsjen3.livejournal.com]

Good luck! Moving is always a nerve-wracking adventure, but your new place does sound charming and lovely. I hope all goes smoothly and I hope you settle in quickly! :)

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It went pretty well, although I was thoroughly sick of moving back and forth by the end of the day. I feel as though I'm quite settled in already - it's a lovely little house.

[elfie-chan.livejournal.com]

*hugs* No matter how much you love a new place, moving always sucks. I hope it's as smooth and wonderful as it can possibly be. *hugs*

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's an undeniable truth right there. It's so tedious and you always, always seem to forget something. We completely forgot a dish rack (it was sitting right in plain view when we went back to check) as well as the contents of two kitchen drawers.

But it all seems to be good now. :D

[elfie-chan.livejournal.com]

Not as bad as forgetting the entire contents of a refrigerator and then coming back months later to finish cleaning out the house to try to get it ready for sale....trust me.

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Oh... ew. That must have been horrible. You definitely win that one.

[elfie-chan.livejournal.com]

It's a loss, really. You win. *grins* It was, indeed, icky. We employed baking soda and coffee grounds and vinegar. Not all at the same time, but it took ages for the smell to clear.

[etherealdeva.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the move! I know I certainly don't envy you. Hope you get conducive weather too. Here. Have a cookie to relax with.

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Mmm... cookie...

We got great weather - warm, but not too warm. And even though it looked like it was going to rain, it didn't. So huzzah!

[snarkymonkey.livejournal.com]

Here's hoping the move goes without a hitch! *cheers you on* You must spoil us with pictures, of course. ^___^

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

It went splendidly, thank-you very much! And there will be pictures, believe me. I didn't take a brand new work camera home for the holidays for nothing. :D

[purpletigress.livejournal.com]

As someone who has a recent move fresh in her mind - good luck! I hope you settle in beautifully and are connected to the net world again with a minimum of fuss!

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Thanks muchly! I feel quite settled in already - it seems to have gone much more smoothly than my last move. And my mobile broadband seems to be working nicely while I wait for the ADSL to be reconnected, thankfully.

[purpletigress.livejournal.com]

That's all awesome news :-) Congrats.

[flamehail.livejournal.com]

Good luuuuuuuck! :-D

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Hehe, thanks! All of those extra Us definitely helped. :D

[flippyfrog.livejournal.com]

I'm so excited for you! Look! A non-dingy place! It's lovely and sweet and you can teach ballroom dancing! Oh, damnit, I wish I could see it first hand!

Gas ovens are evil, I will agree, but I'm sure one of the heads can deal with that. I had a gas bbq blow up in my face once, and even lighting gas stoves is difficult now. Sticking my hand down the back of the oven took a lot of sitting and staring at the oven followed by a mad dash when I came to realise I really did want those muffins...

But so excited! I know everything is going to be brilliant and i'm ridiculously happy for you :D

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

It's lovely! And it's so quiet. I had no idea how much that traffic noise had become such an accepted part of life until coming here. Now I can hear the trees sighing in the breeze and some birds... and that's about it. And you can see it whenever you like - just travel around the world again and drop in on me.

Thankfully, the oven's pretty new and it supposedly has a working ignition switch... so I'm hoping it won't be quite as deadly to light as previous ovens in my life.

All in all, I really hope we can stay here for a while. It's just so damned cosy; I love it.

[naelany.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Good luck!!!! Hope everything goes well

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It went well, although it was frustrating at the time. Everything looks almost homely now. :)

[naelany.livejournal.com]

wow, that quick? Yay for that though. So, pictures of the new abode, with all your things in place? ^_~

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was surprised too. It took weeks before things felt right in my old house and yet this one was sorted out in a few days. Admittedly, there are still little things to fix up, but it's feeling very cosy right now.

And there'll definitely be pictures. :D

[naelany.livejournal.com]

that's a good sign, then ^_^

Yay!